There’s something endearing about a listing for a car that is so devoid of information you actually believe the seller’s claims that they know nothing about it. This is labeled simply as an antique car but it’s pretty clearly an MGA; that being said, it is absolutely a shadow of its former self. The car has little in the way of usable parts, but surely there has to be something it could offer an MGA enthusiast in the way of some spare body panels or perhaps a VIN tag? You tell us if this wrecked MGA has anything worth donating in the comments below. Find the British hulk here on Facebook Marketplace in Van Buren, AK for $1,000.
Thanks to Barn Finds reader Terry for the find. Well, there’s some good news: you also get one, possibly two, wire wheels! It looks like there’s a random steel wheel in there as well, so there’s another few cents at the scrap recycler. Obviously, the floors and doors are most certainly gone, along with almost all of the trim and the windshield. Interior? Don’t kid yourself. This thing has been yard art for decades, and that’s assuming it didn’t go into the backyard without an interior to begin with. There are guys like Unobtanium Inc. who buy every rusting heap of a Porsche 356 and 911 that he can get his hands on; is there’s someone who does the same thing for forgotten MGAs?
Wouldn’t you love to know the story about how this MGA ended up here? Was there a previous owner who restored and/or raced MGAs, and his parts car has remained in the backyard after a few different owners? Or did the MGA take a wrong turn a few yards up the embankment, and here it now rests? The truth is probably not nearly as interesting as we’d like for it to be, and at the end of the day, $1,000 is still too much for a broken MGA shell. Among British sports cars, MGAs aren’t that difficult to find, so you certainly don’t need to start with a car quite this rough – unless it happens to be a desirable twin-cam model. What are the odds?
Wouldn’t pay the asking price for this one either but I kept looking to find any rust through areas and didn’t. Could be after a media blasting you might have some usable parts and panels.
Sometimes a car is just not worth the sum of its parts.
That is crazy money for the car.
If he unmounted the wheels, and cleaned them up, then they would be worth something.
The car is in Arkansas and not Alaska.
$100 tops
This is a real beside the BARN FIND !
This song popped into my head when I saw this. ” I never can say good bye No NO NO, I never can say goodbye. Sing it with me……..LMAO
I suppose I’d haul it away for. $1,000 – but only if the owner pays cash…
He might take you up on the hauling away proposal.
I was trying to figure out what it would cost to have this shipped from Alaska (AK) (and what was a MGA doing in Alaska anyway), when I actually looked at the listing and saw that it was in Arkansas (AR). Much better!
Not a twin-cam (from the taillights), but perhaps a starting point?
Even if it had been a twink, the engine would’ve been yanked out long ago.
Not even the British would want this mess.
$50 for the rally wheel.
Yes i think anybody would take $1,000 for it.
Wheeler Dealer will make it whole again!
Scrap value is $20 the hood $80 it’s rusted apart 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 or he may have to pay to get it hauled
Nice way to keep it family friendly, pile of parts is not the words I would have used but hey in today’s market the seller might get more than the asking price
Maybe it will all buff out…
An antique car? I don’t think that this can be called a car.